The desired regulations were probably known before the crisis to justify them was invented.
I was stationed in Germany during the 90s. We were warned that if the government declared an “Ozone Day” traveling by automobile was restricted. We were told to have a suitcase in the car and claim we were returning home from a trip.
C.O.N.T.R.O.L.
Normally, I’d be against ‘them’ taking away my driving on weekends, but then again, Trump is so brash that it’s probably not much of a price to pay to keep him out of office.
(right, NeverTrumpers?)
“ give Joe Biden ideas”
His idea days are long gone. He relies exclusively on his teleprompter….when he can find it.
You’ll walk on weekends, you’ll eat bugs, there will be no steak because all the cows will be dead while the ruling elite eats fillet mignon and caviar.
Save that fuel! You will need it to go to work and pay your tax bill to the Fuhrer!
The people that work all week and can only do things on the weekend are screwed , lots of people
None of this is leading toward anything other than extremely ugly times ahead.
Looks like the 4th Reich is alive and well and ol’ Shicklegrubber won after all.
So the scamdemic didn’t decrease church attendance as much as they had hoped it would. Now this ..
(From the article) : " ..Personal automobiles, long a symbol of freedom and prosperity, especially in the United States, are coming under increasing attack,
as are the internal combustion engines which have historically propelled them.
Moreover, there is proposed legislation in the works to equip all vehicles with absolute speed governors, to make it easier for government entities to “spy” on drivers,
and to even simply shut off vehicles if Big Brother doesn’t care for the way you’re driving. Etc.
In many urban areas, car lanes are being pushed aside in favor of bike and foot paths.
The elderly, handicapped, and infirm? The hell with them, apparently."
"Ride your bike to work? No driving on the weekends?"
Remember the commercial song :" See the USA in your Chevrolet " ? It really wasn't all that long ago
That's what weekends are designed to do: relax from the work experience, enjoy activities with family, visit family elsewhere, go to religious activities, and renew family ties.
Weekend travel is essentially escapism from the same old work drudgery day in and day out, and allows for relaxation and happiness .
One would have thought that a lesson of the lock downs from the Covid social epidemic would have made government more responsive to the needs of the people.
I guess that's not true in Germany where this proposal is being made.
The government politicians may want the people to live in drudgery and monotony
What say you ?
New Nazis, same as the old Nazis. Some things never change.
In the eyes of the neo-feudalists, the individual exists only to produce work product for the elite. Any concessions such as food, shelter, transportation, education, heat, etc. are only granted insofar as they serve the purpose of keeping the work unit optimized.
Understand this and everything coming out of the Democrats, the EU statists, PRC, etc. makes perfect sense.
Also other illusions about bipartisanship and camaraderie go out the window, but while we still grasp after such things our foe finds them useful weapons against us.
No travel from the White House - no Air Force One, no Marine One, no VP plane, no planes/autos for ANY federal government agency, no limos, no campaign events, no beach vacations - if you must go - W A L K!!!
Except of course on official government business.
No personal life and no fun for you. Just work and pay taxes.
The government owns the public roads and has authority to set usage rules.
The Left has long pushed for rail and other public transit as a means to eliminate the automobile as a symbol of personal freedom.
I now sense a switch by the Left towards embracing self-driving vehicles as a means to their end of eliminating personal transport.
I can see a time in the future where only self-driving vehicles are allowed on certain public roadways. Because they can operate as a hive, the vehicles can be tightly spaced, communicate with each other (and the mothership) and move a lot of people quickly.
Ultimately, the government will take complete control of such system and declare it a new form of public transit.
In such future system, if you want to get to work quickly and inexpensively, just purchase tickets and one of the government transport units will arrive to take you to work and bring you back home.
Otherwise, good luck finding and paying for gasoline, and using back roads and paying increased taxes for among other things taking longer than 15 minutes to get where you were going in the new 15 minute city.